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Purisa [according to Geiger, Gr. § 30 the base is *pūrṣa, from A iv.190 sq.; Ps i.130; eighteen at J vi.542, 548. -dhorayha a
which the Vedic form puruṣa, and the Prk. — P. form purisa. human beast of burden S i.29. -parakkama manly energy D
The further contraction *pussa *possa yielded posa (q. v.). i.53; S ii.28. -puggala a man, a human character D iii.5, 227
From the Prk. form puliśa (Māgadhī) we get pulla] man (as (eight); S i.220 (8); ii.69, 82, 206; iv.272 sq.= It 88 (8) (expl d
representative of the male sex, contrasted to itthi woman, e. g. at Vism 219); A i.32, 130, 173, 189; ii.34, 56; iii.36, 349;
at A iii.209; iv.197; J i.90; v.72; PvA 51). Definitions of the iv.407 (8); v.139, 183 (8), 330 (8); Vin iv.212 sq. (=male);
C. are "puriso nāma manussa — puriso na yakkho na peto etc." VbhA 497; -bhava state of being a man, manhood, virility J
n
(i. e. man κα᾿τ ἐςοξήν) Vin iv.269 (the same expl for purisa iii.124; Dhs 634, 415, 839; PvA 63. -bhūmi man's stage, as
— puggala at Vin iv.214); "seṭṭh' aṭṭhena puri setī ti puriso ti "eight stages of a prophet's existence" (Dial. i.72) at D i.54,
satto vuccati" VvA 42 — 1. man D i.61 (p. kassaka "free in detail at DA i.162, 163. -medha man — sacrifice, human
man"); ii.13; S i.225; A i.28, 126; ii.115; iii.156; Sn 102, 112, sacrifice S i.76; A ii.42; iv.151; It 21; Sn 303. -yugāni (pl.)
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316, 740, 806 and passim; Dh 117, 152, 248; Nd 124; PvA (4) pairs of men S iv.272 sq.; A i.208; ii.34, 56; iii.36; iv.407;
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3, 4, 165, 187; VvA 13 (majjhima°, paṭhama°, as t.t. g.?). v.330; D iii.5, 227; It 88; in verse Vv 44 ; expl Vism 219
uttama° S ii.278; iii.61, 166; iv.380; It 97; mahā° S v.158; (see under yuga). -lakkhaṇa (lucky) marks on a man D
A ii.35; iii.223; iv.229 (see also under mahā); sappurisa (q. i.9. -linga (see also pullinga) a man's characteristic, mem-
v.). Var. epithets of the Buddha e. g. at S. i.28 sq. — brum virile Vin iii.35; Dhs 634, 715, 839; Tikp 50; Vism 184.
Kāpurisa a contemptible man; kimpurisa a wild man of the -viriya manly vigour S ii.28. -vyañjana the membrum virile
woods ("whatever man"), f. kimpurisī J v.215. — purisa (=°linga) Vin ii.269.
as "a man, some one, somebody" as character or hero in var.
Purisaka (n. — adj.) [fr. purisa] 1. a (little) man, only in °tiṇa
similes, e. g. angārakāsuyaṁ khipanaka° Vism 489; asucimhi
doll effigy made of grass (straw), scarecrow Miln 352; Vism
patita Vism 465; āgantuka° VbhA 23; dubbala Vism 533; pa-
462; DhsA 111. — 2. (adj.) having a man, f. °ikā in eka° (a
pāte patanto VbhA 23 (cannot be a help to others; similarly
woman) having intercourse with only one man J i.290.
with patita at VbhA 170=Vism 559); bhikkhusanghaṁ disvā
Purisatta (nt.) [abstr. fr. purisa] manhood, virility Dhs 634, 715,
Vism 333; maṇḍapa — lagga Vism 339 sq.; lakuṇṭaka — pāda
839.
& dīghapāda VbhA 26; cp. the foll.: of a man pleasing the
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king VbhA 442 sq.; a man wishing to perform a long journey Purisattana (nt.) [=purisatta, cp. Trenckner, Notes 70 ] man-
in one day Vism 244; a man breathing when exhausted Vism hood Miln 171.
274. Frequently elsewhere. — 2. an attendant, servant, waiter
Pure (indecl.) [is the genuine representative (with Mā-gadhī e) of
Vin ii.297; D i.60 (dāsa+), 72 (id.); J i.385 (dāsa°); vi.462. Cp.
Vedic puraḥ, which also appears as *puro in purohita, as *pura
porisa, posa.
in purakkharoti. It belongs to base Idg. *per (cp. pari), as in
-atthika one who seeks a servant Vin ii.297. Cr. πάρος before, earlier, πρέσβυς "preceding in life," i. e.
-anta=purisādhama Sn 664 (anta=Sk. antya; Sn A 479 expl ns
older; Ohg. first] before (both local & temporal), thus either
by antimapurisa). -antaragatā touched by a man (lit. gone in
"before, in front" or "before, formerly, earlier." In both mean-
by...), a woman who has sexual intercourse, a woman in inter-
ings the opp. is pacchā — (a) local S i.176 (pure hoti to lead);
course with a man D i.166 (cp. Dial. i.228); M i.77; A i.295; J ii.153 (opp. pacchima) — (b) temporal S i.200; Sn 289, 311,
ii.206; Vin iv.322; Pug 55 (=he does not accept food, lest their 541, 645, 773 (=atītaṁ Nd 33; opp. pacchā); Dh 348 (opp.
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intercourse should be broken: rati antarāyo hoti PugA 231); pacchato); J i.50 (with abl. pure puṇṇamāya). Often meaning
DA i.79 (=itthi, as opp. to kumārikā). Cp. pumaṁ gata, J 8 13 1
"in a former life," e. g. Vv 34 , 34 ; Pv i.2 (=pubbe atīta-
v.154. -allu (& ālu) N. of certain monstrous beings, living 2 2 4
jātiyaṁ PvA 10); ii.3 (cp. purima); ii.4 ; ii.7 (=atītabhāve
in the wilderness J v.416 (=vaḷavā — mukhayakkhinī, a y. 13
PvA 101); ii.9 . — apure apacchā neither before nor after,
with the face of a mare), 418; vi.537 (°ālu=vaḷavā — m. —
i. e. simultaneously PugA 186 (see apubbaṁ): — puretaraṁ
pekkhī C.). -ājañña "a noble steed of a man," a thorough
(adv.) first, ahead, before any one else DhA i.13, 40. — (c)
— bred or remarkable man S iii.91; A v.325 sq., Sn 544; Dh
modal, meaning "lest" DA i.4; cp. purā in same sense Jtm. 28.
193; as — ājāneyya at DhA i.310; — ājāniya at A i.290;
-cārika going before, guiding, leading, only in phrase
ii.115; iv.397 sq.; v.324. -āda a bad man ("man — eater") °n katvā putting before everything else, taking as a guide or
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a wild man, cannibal J v.25 (cp. puruṣāda Jtm 31 ); °ādaka
ideal J i.176 (mettā — bhāvanaṁ); iii.45 (id.), 180 (khantiñ
J v.30. -ādhama a wicked man Dh 78; J v.268. -indriya
ca mettañ ca); vi.127 (Indaṁ); PugA 194 (paññaṁ). -java
male faculty, masculinity S v.204; A iv.57; Dhs 634, 715,
[cp. BSk. purojava attendant Divy 211, 214, 379; also Vedic
839, 972; Vism 447, 492. -uttama "the highest of men," an
puroyāva preceding] preceding, preceded by, controlled by
excellent man A v.16, 325 sq.; Sn 544; Dh 78; DhA ii.188.
(=pubbangama) S i.33 (sammādiṭṭhi°); Sn 1107 (dhamma —
-usabha (purisusabha) "a bull of a man," a very strong man 2
takka°, cp. Nd 318). -jāta happening before, as logical
Vin iii.39. -kathā talk about men D i.8. -kāra manliness D
category (°paccaya) "antecedence"; Vism 537 (elevenfold)=
i.53 (cp. DA i.161); Miln 96. -thāma manly strength D i.53;
Tikp. 17; freq. in Dukp. & Tikp. (as ārammaṇa° & vatthu°),
S ii.28; A ii.118; iv.190. -dammasārathi guide of men who
cp. VbhA 403 (°ārammaṇa & °vatthuka). -dvāra front door
have to be restrained, Ep. of the Buddha [cp. BSk. puruṣa —
J ii.153. -bhatta the early meal, morning meal, breakfast
damyasārathi Divy 54 and passim] S ii.69; A i.168, 207; ii.56,
[cp. BSk. purobhaktakā Divy 307] VvA 120; PvA 109; °ṁ in
112, 147; Sn p. 103 (=vicitrehi vinayan' ûpāyehi purisadamme the morning VvA 51; PvA 78; °kicca duties after the morning
sāretī ti SnA 443); It 79; Pug 57; Vism 207; ThA 178. -dosā meal DA i.45 sq.; SnA 131 sq. -bhava "being in front," i.
(pl.) faults or defects in a man; eight are discussed in detail at
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